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Senators Press Holder to Declassify Key Facts about Patriot Act
We believe that the information we referenced in those paragraphs – specifically about the use of section 215 – ...Posted by Glenn LaBauve -
Army study: Mental health staff lacking in Afghanistan
An Army task force has found that a growing number of soldiers serving in Afghanistan are suffering from some kind ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
U.S. soldiers' morale down in Afghanistan
Morale has fallen sharply among U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, with repeated combat deployments taking a toll on ...Posted by Derek Hawkins
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New Baboon
(Audio - streaming) John Horgan examines how Americans seem to have a completely different attitude toward war than we did thirty years ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
God, the Army, and PTSD
During the Iraq war, however, the great difficulty veterans experienced in getting psychiatric care—greater than ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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Deficit hawks attacking the wrong prey
When the House considered a health care expansion proposal that the CBO says will reduce the deficit by $11 billion ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Healing our troubled vets
The public is kinder to its veterans today than it was during the Vietnam War, when soldiers risked their lives ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
UN workers fear huge impact of relocation
The UN has said that it will temporarily relocate 600 of its international staff based in Afghanistan. Here, UN ...Posted by Derek Hawkins
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Lowering the Bar: Kindergarten Recruitment
As a parent, how does one explain what killing "only bad ones" means when the child asks why a NATO airstrike ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
TALIBAN = 9/11?? Afghanistan by Hypnosis
On September 11, 2001, my office building, the World Trade Center, was attacked by al Qaeda, a murder cult of Saudi ...Posted by Glenn LaBauve
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Obama's War
(Video) Tens of thousands of fresh American troops are now on the move in Afghanistan, led by a new commander and armed ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
When Soldiers Snap
“Every man has his breaking point,” said military doctors in World War II, believing that more than 90 days of ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Mental health of troops comes under scrutiny
Sgt. Justin "Jon" Garza joined the Army eight years ago at 20. When he arrived at Ft. Hood in June, the ...Posted by Derek Hawkins
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Unintended Consequences in Nuclear Pakistan
If U.S. military leaders are right that they cannot prevail in Afghanistan without escalating into Pakistan, this ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
God, the Army, and PTSD
During the Iraq war, however, the great difficulty veterans experienced in getting psychiatric care—greater than ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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The three fallacies that have driven the war in Afghanistan
A bloody escalation in the war is more likely to fuel jihadism than thwart it. If Obama is serious about ...Posted by Chris Finnie -
The Generals' Revolt
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Healing our troubled vets
The public is kinder to its veterans today than it was during the Vietnam War, when soldiers risked their lives ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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Kipling Haunts Obama's Afghan War
The White Man's Burden, a phrase immortalized by English poet Rudyard Kipling as an excuse for European-American ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
Former Marine captain resigns in protest of Afghanistan war
(Blog Post) Matthew Hoh, a former Marine captain with combat experience in Iraq, resigned last month from his position with the ...Posted by Derek Hawkins
